<h1>About All for Good</h1>

<p>Are you looking for ways to give back to your community? All for Good makes it simple to find and
share volunteer activities on a national level--or even in your own backyard.

<p>Inspired by the call of President Obama to engage more Americans in
service, a group of individuals from the technology, marketing and
public sectors came together to build an open source
application managed by Google that allows you to find and
share volunteer activities.  All for Good lets you browse activities and find events
based on your location or interests.

<p>Even better - sign in with your primary social network to connect with
friends, and discover and share interesting
activities. Doing good is more fun together!


<h3>How did All for Good get started?</h3>

<p>When President Obama called on Americans to get out and serve even before he took office, people who led the online and on the ground effort looked to Silicon Valley (where lots of tech companies start and settle) for new tools to engage in service.  All this chatter ultimately turned into a groundswell of
individuals from varied backgrounds &#8212; technology, marketing, academia, non-profit&#8212; coming together to volunteer their
time and talents to create All for Good.

<p>From that initial spark, our ad hoc crew worked to bring the idea to life. Companies and organizations joined in and donated resources to help turn a
shared idea into a reality.

<p>Now that we've gotten it started, we're looking to you, the community at large, to help us innovate and grow All
for Good.

<h3>Who are we?</h3>

<p>Doing good takes many forms. Some people plant trees (trees are good!). Some people
build houses. Some people create technology.

<p>We are a self-organized crew of software engineers, marketing managers, product developers
and designers who have underestimated the cups of coffee and lines of code it would take to create All for Good.
But if it helps you do good work, then the lost sleep is all worth
it.

<p>Our core team is made up of volunteering enthusiasts from places like Google, Craigslist Foundation,
YouTube, FanFeedr and Aha! Ink. As a contributor to the All for Good project, Google is hosting and managing the All for Good website and products. Several Google engineers developed All for Good as a 20-percent project (Google lets engineers spend a day a week on projects that interest them).


<p>Lots of individuals and companies came together to get All for Good off the ground.  The activities you find on the site come from nonprofits, companies and self-organized groups. Founding activity providers include 1-800-volunteer.org, 1 Sky, AARP, American Solutions for Winning the Future, City of New York, The Corporation for National and Community Service, craigslist, Girl Scouts of the USA, Habitat for Humanity, HandsOn Network and Points of Light Institute, Idealist, MeetUp, Network for Good, Organizing for America, ServeNet.org, Sierra Club, The Extraordinaries and USAservice.org.

<p>When our blog is up and running (soon!), we'll do a full round of thanks and give everyone involved a virtual standing ovation.

<p>And now that we've gotten it started, we're looking to you to help us innovate and grow the site.


<h2>Help us grow All for Good by using and improving the site</h2>

<h3>Find more volunteers</h3>

<p>Is your organization interested in reaching a wider audience by distributing your volunteer activities through
All for Good? If so, contact us by filling out <a target='_afg' href=
"http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=clNlVENWQWNCc2U0RmZEYW5TWFdBelE6MA" title="this form">this form</a>.
We will get back to you with a choice of ways to deliver your information to us.


<h3>Make the beta better</h3>


<p>All for Good relies on individuals and organizations who can volunteer their time and talent to make
the site even better. Click <a target='_afg' href=
"http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&amp;formkey=cnJBVlNPdXU3WWNvSjRNTzJBeDRvREE6MA.." title="here">here</a> to get started.

<p>Have some ideas for what you'd like to see on the site? Send your feedback by filling out <a target='_afg' href=
"http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&amp;formkey=clZQWHN5Rzg4cTVMTG1jYWxfMTJRRFE6MA" title="this form">this form</a>.

<h3>Build All for Good apps</h3>

<p>Hey developer community! We need your help. If you are an API app writer and want to use the All for Good API,
please contact us using <a target='_afg' href=
"http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&amp;formkey=cmV2MWhwSmpBMUdZV3dtRG5UWFljdlE6MA" title="this form">this form</a>.

<p>All for Good is an open source project we want to share and promote broadly in the developer community. Interested in our source code? Please contact us using <a target='_afg' href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=clZQWHN5Rzg4cTVMTG1jYWxfMTJRRFE6MA">this form</a>.
<h3>Contact Information</h3>

<p>For technical problems or questions concerning this site, please contact us by filling out <a target='_afg' href=
"http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cm1sWEJETDlIa2JYczJNSmRPNWVDLWc6MA.." title="this form">this
form</a>.

<p>To report inappropriate postings on this site, please contact us by filling out <a target='_afg' href=
"http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=ckJvOTJ5dFNLU3RHeHVRQ21ydVhoNEE6MA.." title="this form">this
form</a>. To send feedback or share enhancement requests, please contact us by filling out <a target='_afg' href=
"http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=clZQWHN5Rzg4cTVMTG1jYWxfMTJRRFE6MA.." title="this form">this
form</a>.

